Advising

Arts Management, major and minor

Arts Administration, MA

Theatre Arts, major and minor

CMTA Comprehensive, major and minor

Theatre Arts, MA

Biography

Ken Stevens came to Eastern from Cincinnati where he co-founded the Showboat Majestic and served as a Rockefeller Fellow at Playhouse in the Park and the University of Cincinnati. Professor Stevens created EMU’s musical theatre minor and the graduate and undergraduate programs in arts management for which he now serves as advisor. He has directed over one hundred musicals and plays at Eastern and for stock and regional theatres. His professional credits include Associate Producer of Cherry County Playhouse in Traverse City, Producer of the Red Barn Theatre in Saugatuck, and Director at Actor’s Repertory Theatre in Las Vegas. He is a ten-time recipient of the Faculty Recognition Award and winner of the Gold Medallion Award and the Teaching Innovation Award. He has developed educational programs linking the arts with the study of math, science, geography and history. Other programming innovations that he originated and directed include the Prime and Players Dinner Theatre, The Depot Town Center Dinner Theatre, the Beaux Arts Festival and Ball, and the touring Encore musical company. Professor Stevens is the past president of the Michigan Theatre Association and the Michigan Legacy Art Park. In 2004 he was awarded the E Ray Scott Michigan Artist Prize for career accomplishments in the arts.